Vampyre

I've managed a 75% kill rate with the AIM-9B. Usually I would get a 100% hit rate too. I did not modify the missile in any way. All you have to do is fly to within guns range (I'd say .3 to .5 miles) and wait until your target is flying straight for a bit. Put your gunsight pipper just above your target, wait until you have a good tone (if you don't already) and loose a winder at him. It works great for those times when you run out of 20mm. Basically, use it like a rocket and don't give the target a chance to manuver before your ordnance arrives. It's the only way to be sure.

Victory 200 declares a Victory I had the need... Intercepted Mmm... Spad, its whats for dinner. Bone Thugs

Wow, Thats the first I have heard about a new sim from TK with the Tomcat in it. The original F-14A Tomcat mod was the only reason I bought WOV (my first Strike Fighters title). There were no other sims out there that included the big bad kitty and all I could find were mods for Strike Fighters, F4 and MSFS. The Falcon dance sucked and you can't blow stuff up in MSFS which pretty much ruled them out. That F-14B pit is gorgeous... Looks like I'm going to have to back fit it into the old F-14A as well... If I'm still flying it that is...

Raptor Down Low F-5B Rolling In Hot F-35C... Go Navy! Scratch two MiG-21's... Thats what I call AT-6B Ownage. We'll just pile up the wreckage on this end of the runway. Wild Weasel SAM Supression On Approach

49th Tactical Fighter Wing, 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron scores a kill. Scratch one MiG-21PFM Bone RTB Raptor cruising by the moon Lancer prepairing to send a B-61 to the enemy airfield.

The best missile kill I ever had was an AIM-54C fired at a formation of four MiG-23M's. I killed three of them and damaged a third with one shot. That was the best $2 million dollar shot I ever took.

Well, I do know what you mean. I'm in an on again off again Mercenary campaign in which I have used up all my good missiles (AIM-7E's and AIM-9E's) and have to use either the AIM-4 Falcons or the AIM-9B, both of which have very narrow launch parameters. It is really satisfying having the Falcon hit anything other than the dirt a few miles in front of me (99% hit probabliity on terra firma)... Of course it has to be fired like an unguided rocket from about 50ft away from the non manuvering target to actually score a hit. I liken it to threading a needle while riding a unicycle and balancing on a beach ball. The AIM-9B is the superior missile in this case. Hard to believe the Air Force actually fielded that hot stinking load of garbage we know as the AIM-4. I did manage to get a 100% hit ratio with the AIM-9B on one sortie where I caught about eight MiG-21PFM's lined up for landing. It was like clubbing baby fur seals... I almost felt bad.